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A. E. LY-TLE.

COMBINATION TOOL.

No. 318,920. Patented May 26, 1885.

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NITED STATES rnnr FFIQEO ALBERT E. LYTLE, OF OHIGAGG, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOROF TYVO-THIRDS TO JOHN DARGAN AND G. ELLIS TAGGART, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBlNATlON-TOOL.

SPECIPICATIONEczming part of Letters Patent No. 318,920, dated .May 26,1885.

Application filed March 2-1, 1885.

T aZZ whom it nit/coy concern Be it known that I, ALBERT E. LYTLE,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements inCombination-Tools, of which the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to combination-tools; and it consists in thepeculiar construction and arrangement of the same, substantially as willbe hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and arrangement, referring to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is asideview of my tool, and Fig. 2 is a section on theline as w.

A represents my tool or hatchet, cast or formed in one piece with itshandle A. The latter is formed on its end with a claw, a, for pullingtacks, and has upon one side a scale or rule, a. The hatchet is formedwith the usual hammerhead, I), having a nail-claw, b, and cutting-bladeb having a notch, 11', for en gaging nails. head is secured ascrew-driver, c, hinged or pivoted between lugs cast on the head, andhaving a spring, 0, to hold it open or closed, as may be desired.

The head of the tool is provided with a cir cnlar opening, in which isplaced a ratchetdie, G, with which engages a spring-pawl, c, as shown inFig. 1, the die being formed with Upon the forward edge of the (Nomodel) an angular opening, 0 to receive a series of 5 nut-wrenches ofvarious sizes, (not-here shown,) or which can be used as a wrenchitself. This die is held in place by a plate, d, secured upon the sideof the tool-head.

Upon the back of the handle, near the hammer-head, is hinged abarrel-hoop lifter, D, having a toe, d, and provided with a spring, (1",which bears against the pivoted end to re tain it either folded orextended.

The tool is very handy, combining ahatchet, hammer,tack and nailpullers,ratchet-wrench, barrel-hoop liftenand screw-driver,while boththe latter are readily folded in against the main body of the device outof the way when not in use.

Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A combinationtool consisting of the hatchct head and handle A A, cast inone piece, and provided with the scale or rule a, tackclaw a, hammerhead and claw b b, ratchetwrench hinged screw-driver c, and hingedhoop-lifter D, all constructed and arranged for operation substantiallyas herein shown, and

for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

